«The water was murky and I couldn't see anything, I pulled him by the arms but I couldn't tear him away from that vortex. 5 of us dived to save him».

Moments that Anton, the father of Stephan, 8 years old, the boy who died at the thermal baths of Cretone (Rome), sucked down the drain, will never forget.

Russian by origin but living in Italy with his family, the man was the first to dive.

Now the investigations (a manslaughter file has been opened) will have to clarify the dynamics and identify any responsibility for the drama that took place shortly after 6.30 pm on Thursday 17 August. First of all, clarifying compliance with the safety standards in the structure.

It is still unclear whether the boy, who lived with his family in Monterotondo, on the outskirts of Rome, was already in the pool when emptying began or fell into the pool accidentally. The turbine dragged him under the water, the vortex of the emptying nozzle took him down, sucking him into the exhaust ducts.

The structure was seized, as it is learned it would have been devoid of the safety grate that blocks access to the drain.

(Unioneonline/L)

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